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To: Jeff Clegg who wrote (8002)	3/10/1998 2:41:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13565

"Fujitsu-AMD venture ramps large fab dedicated to flash " 3/9/98 TOKYO--Fujitsu-AMD Semiconductor Ltd. (FASL)--a joint venture between Fujitsu Ltd. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.--has begun shipments from a new 8-inch wafer fab in Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan. The venture today said its second fab line will have the ability to process 6,500 wafers a week when it is running at full capacity. The 8-inch wafer processing facility is believed to be the world's largest dedicated fab for flash memories. Fab 2 is located adjacent to FASL's first wafer-processing plant. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD said it expects the additional fab will enable it to meet growing demand for flash memory in the coming year. Currently, FASL's Fab 2 is producing 16-Mbit flash chips, using a 0.35-micron technology. By the end of the year, the new 8-inch fab is scheduled to begin manufacturing flash chips with a new sub-0.25 micron technology, according to AMD and Fujitsu. "Our continuing investments in manufacturing are driven by our customers' preference for AMD's single-voltage flash memories and show our commitment to the growing flash memory market," said Walid Maghribi, general manager and group vice president of AMD's Memory Group. "We are dedicated to providing our customers with market driven, value-added products." Since the FASL joint venture was launched in 1993, AMD and Fujitsu have invested a total of about $2 billion in the company. techweb.cmp.com